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Is it possible,
that the chain-linked
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fence surrounding the school yard,
Based on my experience it is my edu- the metal detector that everyone pass-
cated belief that we need to get to the es through and the roaming armed
cause of the angst.
guard all contribute in some way?
will
become a school shooter.
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Why does a “perfectly normal kid” Just because those increasingly cul-
decide to take a gun into a school and turally accepted strategies have be-
begin shooting?
come the “new normal” - does not
mean that every child exposed to
Could traditional mitigation strate- these environments will grow up and
gies which result in a “prison look” commit a criminal act.
of many schools contribute to this
However, there is substantial evi-
phenomenon?
14yo Jesse Osborne shot three students and a teach-
er, at Townville Elementary School on Sept 28, 2016,
in Townville, SC, fatally wounding 6yo student Jacob
Hall, who died from his wounds three days later.
Osborne, who also shot and killed his father before
the shooting, was arrested as the sole suspect and
charged with murder and attempted murder.
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